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IMPROVED MEDICINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, S. P. SEDGWIOK, of Wheaton, in the county of DuPage, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and efiicient Specificfor Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make and use the same. 7

The within-described modicine,'fortthe cure of scarlet fever anddiphtheria, is prepared and believed to be efficacious upon theprinciplethat whatever the vremote cause of these diseases may be,whether epidemic or contagious, the immediate pIr oximate cause is aviscid, acrid, glutinous mucus lining the stomach, and that if this isremovedhy a remedy that will-not operate as physio, and will, at thesame time, change the tone of the stomach so that it will not againsecrete the mucus aforesaid, the patient will recover.

I prepare the medicine'as follows:

Sulphate of copper, or acetate of copper, halt ounce.

Ipecac, half ounce. v 7

These substances are well pulverized and mixed, and into'this mixtureare put six ounces of strong sage tea, sweetened with sugar, and atablespoonful of alcohol is added to'the whole.

One ounce of this is given the patient every fifteen minutes, until thepatient has vomited freely two or three tiines, warm drinks being givenin the mean time.

If the mucous substance is discharged freely, and then the warm drinksonly are ejected, it is suflicieut. If the mucus is not-discharged, theemetic is to be repeated every five or siir hours until that result isattained. l p

Before taking the emetic, the patient is to be prepared, as in othercases, by having the extremities warmed and the system in a state ofascqual circulation as possible.

The medicine isto be used as a. gnrgle for the throat in case of ulcerstherein; and, as the mucus is acid, after the operation of the emetic, Igive, every two or three hours, a dessert-spoonful of the followingmixture: Bicarbonate of soda, one teaspoonful. I

Paregoric, one tablespoonful;

Water, half a pint.

Loaf-sugar, half an ounce. I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent The medicine or specific, composed of the ingredientsabout in the proportion as setforth, for the purpose specified.

' SUP. SEDGWICK.

Witnesses:

E. W. FISHER, G. B; VA'DINE.

